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Prints from the California gold rush period.
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Title:
Prints from the California gold rush periodCreator/Contributor:
Butler, Warren C., 1826-1878, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878, artist.Creator/Contributor:
Kuchel & DreselAbstract:
Uncaptioned prints, possibly proofs, of California landscapes, mostly featuring towns and mining camps. 1: Pine Log Crossing
mining camp -- 2: cave on river -- 3: "California" lithograph of mining scene at base of hill, trimmed from a pictorial lettersheet
-- 4-7: proofs for Hutching's [sic, i.e. Hutchings'] panoramic scenes, Northern California (Including Shasta (formerly misidentified
as Placerville); Jacksonville, O.T.; river mining scene at Scott's Bar; and Weaverville) -- 8: Gibsonville.
Date:
approximately 1854-1859 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-orMining districts -- California -- Pictorial works
Mining camps -- California -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining
Mining camps
Mining districts
Gibsonville (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Gold discoveries -- Pictorial works
Shasta (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Jacksonville (Or.) -- Pictorial works
Weaverville (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Scott River (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Californie -- Découvertes d'or -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
California -- Scott River
California -- Shasta
California -- Weaverville
Oregon -- Jacksonville
Note:
Collection title devised by cataloger. Each print identified (or mis-identified)--in later hand on back.
Date supplied based on W.C. Butler's 1854 arrival in California.
Each print (except one)--bears the name W.C. Butler within print, as artist or engraver. Two items also bear names of Kuchel
& Dressel, del. Four are attributed to artist C.C. Nahl, in a later hand on back. One additional bears initials "C.N." within
print.
Four prints (including Shasta and Jacksonville, O.T.)--are proofs of views issued on a Kuchel and Dressel pictorial lettersheet
titled: Hutchings' panoramic scenes, Northern California.
Formerly cataloged with the devised collection title: The gold rush period.
Purchase; 1983.
Type:
graphicPictorial works.
Landscapes-California.
Wood engravings.
Pictorial lettersheets.
Letterheads.
Lithographs.
Physical Description:
print
8 prints (wood engravings and 1 lithograph) : black and white ; approximately 14 x 11 cm
Language:
English